Plea hearing for El Paso attorney accused of bribery postponed

A plea hearing for an El Paso attorney accused of bribery has been postponed.

Federal court records show the hearing for Antonio "Tony" Reyes, 34, is now scheduled for April 21. His plea hearing had been originally scheduled to take place Monday.

Reyes was indicted in November on a charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and the deprivation of honest services. Federal prosecutors allege Reyes conspired with others via text messages to accept cash in exchange dismissing criminal cases from March 20 to April 15, 2011.

Reyes worked as an assistant district attorney for the El Paso District Attorney's Office during that time. Officials said Reyes was a prosecutor for about nine months and mainly worked on misdemeanor prosecutions, including domestic violence cases.